Last
Updated:
Sunday, January 25, 2009 13:44
GMT ‘Obama
trying to whitewash Gitmo disaster’ A former US detainee says he was destroyed
at Guantanamo Bay Prison and that Obama must apologize to torture victims
and their families. On January 22 US President Barack Obama officially
signed executive orders to shut down Gitmo.
UN
called to action against Israel
Iran calls on the UN to take legal action against Israel after its soldiers
admitted to the illegal use of white phosphorous in Gaza.
Revealed:
Labour lords change laws for cash
LABOUR peers are prepared to accept fees of up to £120,000 a year
to amend laws in the House of Lords on behalf of business clients, a
Sunday Times investigation has found.
Possible
natural explanation found for West Antarctica’s warming
In 2008, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey reported a layer
of volcanic ash and glass shards frozen within an ice sheet in western
Antarctica [the same place the one degree Fahrenheit warming has been
reported].
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U.S. Airstrikes Offer a Concrete Sign of Obama’s Pakistan Policy
Two remote U.S. missile strikes that killed at least 20 people at suspected
terrorist hideouts in northwestern Pakistan yesterday offered the first
tangible sign of President Obama’s commitment to sustained military
pressure on the terrorist groups there, even though Pakistanis broadly
oppose such unilateral U.S. actions.
Swiss
nuclear smuggling suspect claims CIA link A Swiss man suspected of being involved
in the world’s biggest nuclear smuggling ring claims he supplied
the CIA with information that led to the breakup of the black market
nuclear network led by Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.
Obama
to Decide Soon Whether to Add to Bailout
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are bracing for a fresh request from President
Obama for another massive round of spending to shore up the nation’s
faltering financial system, which could send the total price for the
bailout soaring toward $1 trillion.
‘Soviet’
Britain swells amid the recession
PARTS of the United Kingdom have become so heavily dependent on
government spending that the private sector is generating less than
a third of the regional economy, a new analysis has found.
The
Ghosts at Obama’s Side So many ghosts crowded the inauguration
dais that it’s not surprising Chief Justice Roberts flubbed
his lines and had to be corrected by the man he was swearing in.
Yet
another military exercise occurring on Sept. 11, 2001 uncovered
When it seems impossible to discover additional
shady military exercises occurring Sept. 11, 2001, there comes along
yet another investigator uncovering secret documents pointing to
unprecedented military actions happening the same day.
‘Bad
Bank’ Regains Favor As Solution for Toxic Debt
Analysts say both Wall Street and Washington are largely resolved
to creating a government-run entity to buy troubled assets from
banks and other struggling financial institutions. It’s just
a matter of how and when—and some say, the sooner the better.
